Development finance

Paragon expands Green Homes Initiative fund to £300m

Paragon Bank’s development finance division has expanded its Green Homes Initiative by an extra...

TAB joins Brilliant Solutions Mortgage Club panel

Short-term lender, TAB, has partnered with Brilliant Solutions Mortgage Club. Brilliant Solutions’ members will...

CrowdProperty introduces “instant” DIPs

Platform-based property development finance provider, CrowdProperty, has launch "instant" Decisions in Principle (iDIP). With CrowdProperty’s...

HTB revamps property division leadership teams

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has made two senior appointments within its property division. Alex Upton...

Pluto Finance closes £60m loan for Watford development

Pluto Finance has announced the successful closing of a residential development loan to support...

Shawbrook funds new-build housing development near Kidderminster

Shawbrook has supported experienced developers with a development finance facility to develop seven large,...

Aspen Bridging unveils new logo and website

Aspen Bridging has introduced a new logo and a revamped website in order to...

CapitalRise hires business development director 

Prime property finance firm CapitalRise has announced the appointment of business development director Imogen...

HTB to hold second broker Development Finance Masterclass

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) is to hold a second Development Finance Masterclass, following the...

CapitalRise announces 50% funding facility increase

CapitalRise has revealed a further expansion of its funding capacity. The firm has secured...

Together launches £150m property development securitisation

Together Financial Services has launched its inaugural securitisation facility for property development lending, the...

StreamBank joins ASTL

StreamBank has become the latest lender member of the Association of Short-Term Lenders (ASTL). ...

The Loans Engine joins Paradigm’s referral partner panel

Paradigm has added specialist finance broker, The Loans Engine, to its referral partner panel. ...

Budget 2024: no support for commercial real estate sector

The CEO of a property technology infrastructure specialist firm, has criticised the Chancellor, Jeremy...

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Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

Leasehold fees, specialists and the need to shop around

Leasehold properties account for around 20% of all dwellings in the UK, and while that figure may change in the future with government legislation...

Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

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Rightmove warns property tax reforms could stall housing market

Rightmove has warned the government that proposed changes to property taxation risk distorting the...

Bradford retains crown as UK’s leading property hotspot

Bradford has once again been named the country’s most in-demand housing market, topping OnTheMarket’s...

Keystone reduces expat buy-to-let rates and adds new product

Keystone Property Finance has reduced rates across its expat buy-to-let range, cutting selected fixed...

Gatehouse cuts buy-to-let rental rates and eases paperwork

Gatehouse Bank has cut rental rates by 0.25% across its buy-to-let purchase plans for...